Monthly Archives: August 2014

Watch for your invitations in the mail! This year’s co-chairs for our annual LEAP fundraising gala on the evening of Thursday, October 2, at 3015 at Trinity Groves, Linda and Paige Hardison, are a great mother-daughter duo who love LEAP! There will be a VIP pre-event gathering, wonderful food prepared by celebrity chef Sharon van Meter, a Bachendorf $1,000 raffle item, and an auction. This venue is already home to many memorable events located at the base of Dallas’ newest landmark, theMargaret Hunt Hill Bridge. We plan for a fun evening with entertainment by the Dallas String Quartet.

If you would like to donate, sponsor, help with raffle ticket sales, or otherwise be involved with this event, please contact Adella at (972) 566-6550 or adellawinder@leapmissions.org.

LEAP Around the World Raffle Tickets are now available to purchase for $25 each or five (5) tickets for $100. Enter to win a $1,000 gift card to Bachendorf’s, Dallas’ finest jeweler.

The winner will be announced at the Gala on the evening of Thursday, October 2 at ‘3015 at Trinity Groves’. All proceeds will benefit our mission of bringing specialized medical care to children in underserved global communities. Presence not required.

As you know, LEAP has announced plans to help build a new Pediatric Ward at our host hospital, Hôpital Espoir, in Port-au-Prince. With the help of our incredible volunteers Pat and Janet Ortega, the planning phases of the ward are complete, a volunteer team of professional trades is assembled, and after two trips already to Haiti, supplies are sourced and partially purchased. The hospital has already been working hard to prepare the space. Our construction team, led by Pat and Janet, will travel to Haiti in September to spend 16 days completing the Pediatric Ward.

This Pediatric Ward will add an additional 2,000 square feet to the hospital, which will include one nursing station, nine pediatric patient rooms, seven restrooms with showers, and a waiting area. The estimated cost per room is approximately $6,500.00 with a restroom and much needed air conditioning. If there is an interest in donating a room on the Pediatric Ward, a plaque honoring the donor can be provided in recognition of their generous donation.

We are continuing efforts to raise monies to meet the $50,000 budget that will fund this project. You can donate online at leapmissions.org and designate to the Haiti Hospitalcampaign. Please consider helping us provide an eternal gift of restoring health to the beautiful children of Haiti.

Belize was my promise to God to pay it forward, and it was truly a leap of faith! Not knowing a single person on the team, I had faith The Lord had brought me to LEAP with gifts to share. My hope was to bring blessings to others and what I received was so much more!

I prayed to bring hope to the children of Belize. Their warm smiles and patient gratefulness of the local people actually brought reassurance of the human spirit to me. I had hoped to bring a strong work ethic to the team, and this wonderful team showed me exactly what it means to give tirelessly in the spirit of love for other human beings. I had hoped to bring the gifts of my experience and education to better the lives of the people of Belize, but it was the simple sense of friendship and community that has completely blessed my life.

Early mornings, hard work, late nights, and lots of sweat has been God’s way of teaching me humility and grace, but greatest of all is how simply loving one another can change lives! Thank you, Belize!

“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose” Romans 8:28

Amongst dozens of patients in a hospital waiting room, eight-year-old Gladys patiently waited her turn with a captivating smile and an engaging personality. As an infant, she had surgery to repair a cleft lip and palate but now came to see the LEAP team because of difficulty breathing through her nose.

When surgeons removed old scar tissue, they discovered her original surgery had been poorly executed, resulting in her inability to breathe properly. Instead of managing her current condition, the LEAP team took the extra time to reconstruct her nose and palate to ensure that Gladys would not be held back again! And who could hold back an eight-year-old girl who loves animals, dolls, the color purple, AND wants to be a nurse when she grows up? We look forward to watching you soar, Gladys!

Each year, generous supporters like you join us for the exciting annual North Texas Giving Day from 6am to midnight. Your generous support makes a meaningful difference and allows us to continue providing free specialized surgical services in the Dallas medical communities.

On September 18th, North Texas Giving Day, your gift will help us receive extra funds for our work in the community. Every gift of $25 or more will go further with more than $1.5 million dollars in bonus funds and prizes! By visiting NorthTexasGivingDay.org, the online giving website for North TexasGiving Day, you can make a difference with your gift to LEAP Foundation.

Here’s the really exciting part: Every gift made on September 18th helps our chances of winning prizes given throughout the day, ranging from $500 to $10,000! With over 60 total prizes being awarded throughout the day, our chances to maximize your gift are great! Just imagine if we could raise enough money to cover our Landmark Program expenses for the year. For example, our next patient, Danny, will travel to Dallas to receive the necessary medical and surgical care that will not only allow him to speak and eat properly, but this specialized care will dramatically improve his quality of life.